Physicians from two large group practices and Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group in Baton Rouge, La., recently discussed what stapes they would need to take to create an accountable care organization.

More than 30 hospitals in the Northeast region of Ohio participating in a quality collaborative study showed that high quality care stemmed from following national standard procedures, according to a news release by the Ohio Hospital Association.

Following the March 2010 passing of the health reform bill, the future of physician-owned hospitals is uncertain. Starting in 2011, the law prohibits existing physician-owned hospitals from expanding and prevents new ones from being built. Here, Brett Gosney, president of…

Auditing of New York rates of hospital-associated infections show that the state's numbers may be affected because of inaccurate reporting by hospital staff members, according to a news release by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

When hospitals abandoned the practice of employing physicians in the late 1990s because they weren't making money on them, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, La., held on to its 35 employed physicians and cast…

Research done by Cleveland Clinic shows that, contrary to popular belief, high readmission rates may not necessarily equate to substandard hospital care, according to a report published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Hospitals looking for ways to secure market share are increasingly finding the answer in acquiring physician practices in their communities or employing physicians. While this business practices failed miserably for most hospitals in the 1990s, hospitals acquiring practices today are…

Johns Hopkins patient safety expert Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, recently wrote a commentary that was published in the July 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

An article appearing in the latest issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that more than a third of physicians may fail to report an impaired or incompetent colleague.

Healthcare-associated infections continue to be an obstacle that hospitals struggle to overcome, according to a study by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.